4 Quick Ways to Convert Horizontal Texts to Vertical Ones and Vice Versa in Word

In this article, we would like to demonstrate you with 4 quick and easy ways to convert between horizontal and vertical texts in your Word document.

Now and then, we are likely to arrange texts in horizontal or vertical in our document. Then there are the chances to convert a horizontal text to a vertical one. It would be time-consuming and patience-killing to retype all the information again.

Therefore, we want to offer you 4 ways to change a horizontal text to a vertical one and vice versa, such as below:

Case 1: Convert Vertical Texts to Horizontal Texts

First of all, there are 2 methods to change between vertical and horizontal texts.

Method 1: Use “Replace” Feature

1. First off, select the target text.
2. Then click “Home” tab.
3. Next go to “Editing” group and click “Replace” option. Or you can press “Ctrl+ H” to open the “Find and Replace” dialog box.
4. Now place cursor at the “Find what” text box, enter “^p”.
5. And in “Replace with” text box, type a space.
6. Next just click “Replace All”.
7. There shall be a dialog box popping up, just click “Yes”.

Method 2: Run a Macro

1. Firstly, click “Developer” tab.
2. Then click “Visual Basic” to trigger the VBA editor. The alternative way is to press “Alt+ F11”.
3. Next click “Normal” project.
4. And click “Insert”.
5. Choose “Module” to create a new module in the normal project.
6. Next double click on the module to open the editing space.
7. Paste the following codes there:

Sub ConvertVerticalToHorizontalList()
 
  With Selection.Find
    .Text = "^p"
    .Replacement.Text = " "
    .Forward = False
    .Wrap = wdFindStop
    .Format = False
    .MatchCase = False
    .MatchWholeWord = False
    .MatchWildcards = False
    .MatchSoundsLike = False
    .MatchAllWordForms = False
  End With
  Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End Sub

8. Lastly, click “Run”.

Case 2: Convert Horizontal Texts to Vertical Texts

Method 1: Go with “Replace” Feature again

1. To start with, repeat the first 3 steps in method 1 of case1.
2. However this time, in the “Find and Replace” dialog box, enter a space in “Find what” text box and “^p” in “Replace with” box.
3. Then click “Replace All”.

Method 2: Run a Macro

1. Similarly, follow the first 6 steps in method 2 of case 1.
2. And this time paste the bellowing codes instead:

Sub ConvertHorizontalToVerticalList()

  With Selection.Find
    .Text = " "
    .Replacement.Text = "^p"
    .Forward = False
    .Wrap = wdFindStop
    .Format = False
    .MatchCase = False
    .MatchWholeWord = False
    .MatchWildcards = False
    .MatchSoundsLike = False
    .MatchAllWordForms = False
  End With
  Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End Sub

3. Remember to click “Run”.

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